Number of Foreign companies registered in India and revenue earned

The number of foreign companies registered during each of the last three years and the current year in the country including in the State of Madhya Pradesh along with the amount of revenue earned from these companies, State/UT/Year-wise can be seen with Annexure-I.

The detailed provisions with regard to companies incorporated outside India are laid down in Chapter XXII of the Companies Act, 2013 (Section 379-393) and Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014.   Further, section 380 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with such Rules specifies the documents/information etc. required to be filed by a foreign company with Registrar of Companies, New Delhi within 30 days from establishment of its place of business in India.

As per the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 the IEPF Authority is mandated to promote investor education, awareness and protection. To promote investor awareness the authority has issued advertisements in newspapers, jingles on radio, crawlers on Doordarshan, SMSs on mobile phones. Investor Awareness Programmes are organised through Professional Institutes as well as through the Common Services Centres located in rural areas of the country. A joint campaign in association with Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reserve Bank of India and Department of Consumer Affairs has also been initiated.

This was stated by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Law & Justice / Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE-I State/UT/Year-wise number of registration of foreign companies during the last three financial years and the current year
Sl. No.	State/UT	2014-15				2015-16						2016-17					2017-18 (till 30.11.2017)
		No. of companies			Revenue earned from these companies(in Rs.)	No. of companies			Revenue earned from these companies(in Rs.)			No. of companies	Revenue earned from these companies(in Rs.)				No. of companies			Revenue earned from these companies(in Rs.)
1	Andhra Pradesh	–			714000	1			3210000			–	1962000				1			1662000
2	Bihar	–			–	–			–			1	6000				–			42000
3	Chandigarh	–			168000	–			246000			–	102000				–			150000
4	Chattisgarh	–			–	1			6000			–	42000				–			18000
5	Delhi	42			37608000	45			25362000			43	27186000				21			27198000
6	Goa	–			18000				18000			–	36000				–			6000
7	Gujarat	6			2064000	2			3210000			2	1854000				3			2598000
8	Haryana	15			12264000	16			11892000			24	12564000				15			9552000
9	Jharkhand	–			–	–			–			–	156000				–			546000
10	Karnataka	19			10350000	15			10770000			15	9540000				7			6372000
11	Kerala	1			750000	1			1506000			1	840000				2			570000
12	Madhya Pradesh	3			336000				486000			1	288000							444000
13	Maharashtra	46			40242000	42			42306000			51	32388000				27			34854000
14	Orissa	–			126000	–			672000			–	330000				–			102000
15	Pondicherry	–			24000	–			30000			–	24000				–			12000
16	Punjab	–			12000	1			42000			1	42000				–			48000
17	Rajasthan	3			324000	3			360000				288000				–			396000
18	Tamil Nadu	12			9294000	8			7578000			11	7218000				8			9204000
19	Telangana	2			2100000	2			1554000			2	930000				4			1164000
20	Uttar Pradesh	4			2514000	7			3426000			5	2142000				6			1380000
21	Uttarakhand	–			18000	1			156000			2	30000				–			102000
22	West Bengal	4			1710000	4			4128000			1	2100000				2			2034000
23	Grand Total	157			120636000	149			116958000			160	100068000				96			98454000